So what are you hoping Santa brings?
Any special plans for the holidays?
I apologize if this offends any of our friend not celebrating just curious. By the way Usil Happy Hanukah!
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So what are you hoping Santa brings?
Any special plans for the holidays?
I apologize if this offends any of our friend not celebrating just curious. By the way Usil Happy Hanukah!
I am not interested in aquiring more personal possesions. What I really want is a year without turmoil and senseless killings. Please no natural disasters. Let the stock market go up and the sunshine come out! Just easy times without anger or grief. Is that too much to ask?
Calpitor,
Is this the OT thread for the week ?
Anyway I have to agree wiht JAL - there are no material possessions I need. Though if the bearded one feels thus disposed he could bring me a 3.2 Ghz Extreme PC :D I don't need it - but if he's buying .....:D
I would in contrast however superficial its viewed - wish all members of the armed forces be they American, Australian, British or whatever - a peaceful Christmas and safe return. They've stood and been counted and already more than enough have paid the price.
My wish would be that they could all come home soon.
Though somehow - I don't think so. :(
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The above not withstanding - I wish the very best of luck to all who take the time to post here trying to help others.
Richard.
Since i know a student I would just love to shock, with this eMachine
I think it would be a good upgrade from the one that is presently in use. Yep, she loves those eMachines. Been good to her.
Children and what we do for them at this time of year and the stress of us adults coping with everything and making christmas the best day of the year for all. (Our parents did it for us)
I love christmas for the day, the eve and boxing day but, I hate the build up. We celebrate really 3 days, beforehand you go to the supermarket/shops and you can't move, trying to find something that you can find normaly and they've sold out or it's christmas crap. The build up is stupid.
Our US friends celebrate 'Thanks Giving' - another stress for no reason really - no offence.
Christmas cards-what a pain trying to find the right one.
Really it all goes back to the children to see the expressions on the day of opening presents even though it's about 5-00am in the morning and I love the fact that they believe in father christmas.
OK when did you find out that Father Christmas didn't really exist?
I was about 8/9yrs old.
I'd gone to bed at the normal time as did other young members of the family, leaving a lot of my adult family downstairs. I was awoken by the adults laughing bringing the sacks of presents upstairs to secretly hide them at the bottom of the bed for the morning. I took the oath not to tell the younger children what I knew.
Another ?
How are you coping with christmas?
and
What will make Christmas day a happy day for you? (don't say my new P999999999999999 processor with 4 billion memory).
Anyway if Vdr would allow please take a look here:
http://web.icq.com/friendship/browse...,16959,00.html
Free website like americangreetings.com was
Click on each reindeer.
I like number four because eventually he becomes Darth Vadar.
most of the people are 'stressed' out during christmas, because the true meaning of christmas is left out. christmas is the celebration of the birth of JESUS, and most people, celebrations etc. never invite HIM to the party. HE is left out of his own birthday party. i'm 'stessed' out over how americans have ruined the meaning of christmas, and how children are taught to believe in the mythical lie of santa claus. soooo, at least thats my 2 cents, right or wrong.
Sorry JAL but yes I think it is too much to ask. I really have to agree with the scentiment though. Maybe someday the Big Guy will decide that His whole free will idea was a big mistake but until then we will all have to continue to pray that one day those in power will stumble upon peace and decide it is worth keeping.
Sorry for the omission KMIELKE123 you'll notice I editted the title.
For those of you that I didn't ackowledge, as I did Usil, for lack of a better term Happy Fesativus!
kjanx
My OT wasn't to have a go at religion.
I'm a great believer in Jesus etc. and I love watching the movies shown at this time of year depicting his being.
We can't invite him to the party because he's not with us anymore. I don't think the americans have ruined christmas and its true meaing, it's just the way it is celebrated over the years and it has progressed.
Santa did exist, namely St. Nicholas and he gave what he could to the needy in his time. He eventually became depicted, dressed in red and that's where Santa comes from.
I think we all celebrate this time of year as a religious festival even though it is costly.
No offence is meant here.
TJ
TJolly, you mean there isn't any Santa Claus? :eek:
TJ, guess you didn't notice Caliptor already started an OT thread for this week, but being this is the Christmas season I will let both of them run this week, Happy Holidays to one & all. BJ
Well, since TJolly has informed me, there is no "Santa Claus" :eek:
I guess the best wish for me this Christmas is: I hope all my Virtual Dr friends have a good holiday.
My next one would be: to be with my family who are far away and I haven't seen for 5 years.
Or, that a kind old gentleman with a red suit and white beard, would bring me a new computer. :D
Happy Holidays to everyone!! :)
Our minister's son told me there was no Santa when I was about seven. He was the wildest kid I knew.
I think it was Mark Twain who said "Most people are about as happy as they decide to be." That's the way it is with Christmas. Its as happy as you make it.
As to Thanksgiving, there's little stress involved unless you have to cook the meal (and increasingly, people are ordering take out feasts from grocerys and restaurants). For most of us its a day off to see family, overeat, and watch football on TV.
I'm "between" kids (my son is grown but no grandkids yet) so Christmas is relatively stress-free for me this year. And Santa, if you bring me a Ferrari it'll restore my faith in you.
Well hey TJ great minds think alike a holiday thread seemed to be just the thing. For my family the buld up though can be just as much fun as the big day. Christmas pageant, taking my son shopping trying to pick out the right present for his Mum. Today we went out and killed a tree and dragged it out to the car. Tomorrow we'll trim the tree and bake cookies. Each day he pulls off a leaf from his Advent calander and we talk about his day at school and the X-Mas related activity watching the build up for Christmas is really a lot of fun. Each year we get a new decoration his choice this year was an inflatable 7 foot tall Homer Simpson dressed up as Santa. Makes kind of hard to miss our house I tell you. Every Christmas Eve we go to the 'in-laws' for chinese and games and on the drive home we point out the lights of a passing airplane and ask him if it might be Santa? It must be wonderful to be 7 and believe in all the magic at Christmas time I had almost forgotten what it was like.
Tjolly, what a great card! Thanks for the link. I'm e-mailing it to a couple of people and saving it for my boy.
I like Christmas. We try not to let it get too crazy. My boy is old enough now that he's less "gimme gimme gimme." We do like to buy presents for him! So it'll be a good one. He actually still believes in Santa Claus, though I've hinted to him that Santa represents the spirit of love and togetherness. And about the real St. Nicholas.
Actually, my son's name is Nicholas. My husband and I, significantly enough, were married on the Feast of St. Nicholas in early December 1980. So that's a good thing for us. We didn't name our son so much for that, but for my husband's late uncle Nick, who was a very dear man. We got to tell him before he died that we would do so, and he had tears in his eyes. So we like to think that somewhere Uncle Nick is watching out for our boy!
I do get a little stressed out, but there are some things over the years that we have just mutually agreed to let go of. For instance, we don't really "do" Thanksgiving. I could've gone to my sister's house for that -- but I had to work that day -- and it would've been great, but though I always try to grab some turkey somewhere, it really doesn't matter much. Hope I'm not being unpatriotic! We are thankful without it.
We love to decorate the house for Christmas. We all love twinkly icicle lights and things and I made a lighted wreath for the door. There is a sort of magic to it.
But between our jobs and such, it is hard to do some things. My husband loves to shop (God bless 'im), so (this helps) he has bought by now nearly everything for my son, and probably most of those for me. I'm responsible for buying for my parents, sister, bro-in-law and three nieces, but I've been able to buy a lot of things on the Internet. Thank God for the Web because I never could stand the malls.
My one regret is that I will not be able to attend church on Christmas Eve, because I'll be (again) working. The midnight Christmas Eve service was a really really big deal when I was growing up; just a festival of music and candles and pageantry and rejoicing. It's a wonderful memory and I miss those occasions. I really wanted to take Nick to a Nativity play. But another year I will undoubtedly be freer in my choice of days off and get to do some of that.
Christmas can get to be sort of "bah humbug" if one lets it. But as a fervent believer, I find it's another occasion to glory in the gift of Jesus. My personal convictions, not trying to push them on someone.
Hey! Check out my Christmas tree (attached). This is using my new (as of Oct.) digital camera. Uh, I'm still learning but it's not bad.
Merry Christmas!
Big John also Has a BIG heart! :DQuote:
Originally posted by BIG JOHN
TJ, guess you didn't notice Caliptor already started an OT thread for this week, but being this is the Christmas season I will let both of them run this week, Happy Holidays to one & all. BJ
I'm hopping for the Simple things in life, like Homemade Nic-nacs and a Car whittled out of a block of wood, I just don't like computers, they always need fixin'
The true meaning of Christmas well that could be an interesting topic that we don't want to touch.
I'm not religious in anyway yet I still know of the connection of christmas with Jesus etc - however I beliive that their are probably children out there that have no concept of it at all - whether this a bad thing or not I'm not sure ?
We had a letter in our local paper recently from a priest who was saying that the decoration of houses - a la the Griswalds (Chevy Chase) was taking away the true meaning of Christmas and the old guy round the corner who had a simple nativity scene was what people should be doing and going to see.
One response which I thought was interesting stated that decorating houses had nothing to do with Christmas and was a celebration of the most wonderful fairy tale ever, where dreams are made and the world is full of magic, lights, fairys, presents and the sounds of singing and laughter. It then stated "only the Grinch would want to steal that away".
I don't want to get into or start any arguments - but I think the sad thing about Christmas in the 21st century is the fact that it's no longer PC to wish someone Merry Christmas and you have to say Happy Holidays.
Btw one of my Aunts is Mother Superior of a Little Sisters of the Poor convent in Italy so it's not like I have not been exposed to religion - I was given a choice and chose my own path.
Well apart from a Creative Nomad MuVo2 1.5Gb MP3 player I'm getting a Jedi Light Saber.
My 4 year old son said in about April "I'm going to ask Santa for a Jedi Light Saber, but I better start saving some money to send him as I want daddy to have one to so he can play with me".
We told hime they were AUD$50.00 and it would be a lot of money to save but he got some for his birthday in August and he said "you can take some to send to Santa"
I don't know how many 4 year olds would do that but it made my wife and I very proud.
We don't even know where he got the idea that he could send Santa money, let alone request presents for his parents.
If I had the ponies, I'd get myself a gift and share it with the rest of my family.....maybe. LOL....kidding!
Happy Holidays, all!
shotsi:)
Ahhh, Christmas
This time of the year my mood totally changes, im like a big kid when it comes to xmas.
I just love the atmosphere, lights, and the joy.
To carry on the kid thing ive always wanted a proper white christmas, and here in the UK we dont usually get that.
Now there is a downside to christmas and that is shopping, i hate it, the crowds, the long queues, its just a nightmare.
which is why i have not done any christmas shopping yet, i should get a move on really:D
Im not married or have no kids, so i guess thats one problem solved.
To end, I would like to
Wish everyone here at Vdr a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.:):)
and for those that do not celebrate it, then i hope you enjoy the Holidays.:):)
Oh but he does exist Photolady, it's St. Nicholas. Santa Claus doesn't exist it's just another name for St. Nicholas. There, there don't get upset.Quote:
Originally posted by photolady
TJolly, you mean there isn't any Santa Claus? :eek:
BJQuote:
Originally posted by BIG JOHN
TJ, guess you didn't notice Caliptor already started an OT thread for this week, but being this is the Christmas season I will let both of them run this week, Happy Holidays to one & all. BJ
I do apologise but when I posted this thread Calpitors post did not have OT in its title and I hadn't at that time opened it to read what it was all about.
I believed that no OT had been posted.
Mayb you could join the threads together to form one, if that's possible.
TJ
Happiness for everyone.Quote:
Originally posted by Calpitor
So what are you hoping Santa brings?
Who says I don't exist?
I don't see any thread by TJ, so who's the Grinch that stole Christmas for TJ?Quote:
Originally posted by BIG JOHN
TJ, guess you didn't notice Caliptor already started an OT thread for this week, but being this is the Christmas season I will let both of them run this week, Happy Holidays to one & all. BJ
They have been merged together.
:)
Yes, I like Big John too, I think we'll be keeping him!Quote:
Originally posted by OilPatch197
Big John also Has a BIG heart! :D
I hope Santa will bring Peace on Earth.
I hope the Economy will grow, and the Stocks will soare. Everyone will have a job.
I hope Santa will give me a new Computer with muscle, so I can surf VirtualDr much faster.
By the way, Happy Holiday Season to VirtualDr.:)
Nix, I'm with you! I think Jesus would be too (just my opinion). The lights and celebrations recapture some kind of magic that just makes people feel warm all over. So it's not simple. There's a place for that, I guess. But there's a big place for joy, at least there sure ought to be.
Regarding PC. We had an interesting series of angry reader letters because we referred to the Philadelphia city tree when they had the lighting as a "Holiday Tree." Some people e-mailed to say that they too were tired of PC, why couldn't we call it a Christmas tree? The reply was that that was the city's name, and we had to call it what they did. On the other hand, in other references we would say Christmas tree, because we sure as heck didn't call the city menorah a "Holiday Candelabrum." Ha ha.
Cheers
Wendy
:D :D :D
Wishing you all a terrific Hanukka and Christmas, and of course anything else that is celebrated at this time of year.
Calpitor, thanks for the special mention! :)
I will be spending this Hanukka/Christmas in London with my Wife. I personally love London at this time of year. I do not celebrate Christmas in any way (of course) but I do appreciate the amazing atmosphere in the days and weeks leading up to Christmas, and the days following (including the sales). Our trip was carefully planned to coincide with Christmas, cause I know that its your best time of year, and in turn, it becomes a good time of year for me too.
Wishing the whole VDR family a great seasons greeting!
Usil
Some have this guy's attitude:
https://discussions.virtualdr.com/im.../2006/06/3.jpg
Personally,,,I prefer this attitude:
https://discussions.virtualdr.com/im.../2003/12/1.gif
And show me another forum that has Santa as a member!!
Happy Holidays to All!!! :)
Ho Ho HoQuote:
Originally posted by Ridgerunr
Some have this guy's attitude:
https://discussions.virtualdr.com/im.../2006/06/3.jpg
Personally,,,I prefer this attitude:
http://www.boomspeed.com/snarfll/santa_cruisin.gif
And show me another forum that has Santa as a member!!
Happy Holidays to All!!! :)
Dang Santa, welcome aboard great that you have time this time of year to bless us with your presence. BJ
Quote:
Originally posted by Santa Claus
Who says I don't exist?
I think your a FAKE! If you were Santa Claus, you would use your real name "Chris Kringle":eek: :D
i am 18 and i don tbelieve in santa doesnt mean he doesnt exist. if you have seen the movie santa clause then you know that you see what you want to see. "grownups" cant see santa b/c they "know" he doesnt exist yet being a kid you have the belief in magic to see him. thats my 2 cents on that topic as for americans ruining christmas with presents......Jesus Christ was given presents 3 of them so presents doesnt mean we arent celebrating his birth in some way you could say that you, because He is no longer with us, and you didnt get a chance to give him your gifts, you are giving them to the other people you love. for about three years i have only asked for one thing each year for christmas b/c i am outgrowing the whole cant sleep christmas eve and waking up at the crack of dawn to run into the living room and see the presents ( man the memories, i miss them). i mainly outgrew it b/c my parents were divorced when i was in 2nd grade and when i was 12 my mother took her own life, my favorite christmases were with her and my stepdad i will never forget those times and thats what those of you who have lost loved ones should do. everyone gets depressed around the holidays esp. christmas, but instead of i guess you could say feeling sorry for yourself, remember the good times they are worth so much more.
Merry Christmas to everyone at VDR and may each and everyone of you have a Happy New Year and a christmas that means as much to you as it did to God on that day that will always be remembered in Bethlehem.
Im not fake.Quote:
Originally posted by OilPatch197
I think your a FAKE! If you were Santa Claus, you would use your real name "Chris Kringle":eek: :D
Everyone knows who I am.
Who's Chris Kringle? I can't find him on my delivery list, I don't want to leave anyone out.
At the moment I'm just having a break from cleaning the sleigh so thought I'd come back here, because everyone appears to be kind and helpful to each other.
would it be nice for "Santa Claus" to unveil his real name after X-Mas or after New Year!:D
PS: Do you have my powerful PC on your list?:)
I think I already know and before you ask no it wasn't me I swear. After all we haven't heard from our resident comic on this thread yet.Quote:
Originally posted by nganvu
would it be nice for "Santa Claus" to unveil his real name after X-Mas or after New Year!:D
P.S. Santa a winning 6/49 ticket would be a great stocking stuffer!
Ah, my parents?Quote:
Originally posted by Santa Claus
I'm not fake.
Everyone knows who I am...
Santa, do you get upset at those that impersonate you? Some times is the Christmas department at Wal-Mart I'll find a Santa suit one can buy. Who's buying those suits, is it you or people that are impersonating you, and is it a crime to impersonate Santa Claus? I used to believe in you, just like I believed in the Easter Bunny. Can you prove to me that you are who you say you are and restore my faith back in you that I once had. Thanks and I know that if you are who you say you are, you can do what I'm asking. Thanks again.
For what it's worth I checked his E-mail address & it's st.nicolas@, for privacy reasons im not including the rest, so he just may be the real thing. :D BJ